No flower is loved more for lasting less. A cherry tree spends fifty weeks as scaffolding and two as a cloud, and an entire aesthetic tradition grew from refusing to look away during the cloud part.
This collection was gathered at every stage of the fortnight: buds like held breath, full crowns against blue sky, and the ending — petals on water, pink snow on dark pavements — which the tradition insists is the best part.
A blossom wallpaper in November is either denial or a promise, depending on your temperament. Both are fine uses for a photograph.
